Glitter cloth



June 12, 1956 A. J. KUKOFF 2,750,300

GLITTER CLOTH Filed Jan. 20, 1954 INVENTOR. Hrihur' Kuhbff ATTORNEYS,

United States Patent GLITTER CLQTH Arthur J. Kukotf, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 20, 1954, Serial No. 405,145

4 Claims. (Cl. 117-28) An object of this invention is to produce a glitter cloth in which the glitter discs lie fiat on the cloth, and the glitter cloth is capable of being washed or dry-cleaned Another object of the invention is to produce a glitter cloth on which the individual glitter discs lie flat and to which they are permanently secured with a minimum of overlapping, and without the use of netting.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view, enlarged, of a piece of glitter cloth embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a section along the lines 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Glitter cloths have heretofore been made from glitter discs. Glitter discs which have been used in the past have been made from sheets of cellulose acetate of from 5 to ,4 of an inch in thickness, which is metallized and then cut into discs approximately of an inch in diameter. Although the discs are called glitter discs, and the cloth is called glitter cloth, such discs are also made in colors, with or without iridescence, and I intend to include cloth made with such discs within the term glitter cloth.

Glitter cloth has previously been made by applying such discs to a coating on a piece of cloth. In such application the glitter discs have been very thick, piling up on top of one another, with many standing on edge, or at angles to the cloth. They tend to fall off, the cloth may not be creased or wrinkled except to a very small extent, and the cloth may be neither washed nor drycleaned.

There has also been heretofore produced a glitter cloth by applying glitter discs to a gutta-percha coating, but with a netting first applied to such coating, the netting having openings of approximately the same size as the glitter discs. In this application the discs may be made to lie flat and to lie in a single layer by thereafter rolling them. This form of cloth, however, requires the use of netting and the separate step of applying the netting to the gutta-percha surface, which of course entails extra cost. Also all glitter discs are separated from one another.

It is a further object of my invention to produce a glitter cloth by applying glitter discs to a fabric in a single layer and lying flat, and with the glitter discs generally in contact with one another, and without the use of netting.

I may produce my glitter cloth from any fabric such as cotton, acetate, rayon, nylon, wool, etc.

The fabric is first coated with a suitable adhesive. One adhesive which I have found suitable is a butadiene acrylonitrile rubber blended with an ester plasticized vinyl chloride-acetate copolymer deposited from a blend of ketone solvents. The proportions are not critical, and well known proportions and procedures may be used. The adhesive is suitable if of the consistency of a light cream.

Examples of butadiene-acrylonitrile rubbers are com- 2,750,300 Fatented June 12, 1956 ICE 2 monly known as Buna N rubbers under the trade names of Hycar-OR, Paracril, Perbunan.

Vinyl chloride-acetate copolymers are sold under the trade names VYNS, VYNW and VYHH.

Suitable ester plasticizers are tricresyl phosphate and di octyl phthalate-di butyl sebacate.

When I am ready to apply the glitter discs, the adhesive is moistened by means of a solvent which is sprayed on the cloth and allowed to dry until the surface is tacky, which may take about five minutes. A box containing glitter discs, With a wired mesh bottom having openings slightly larger than the glitter discs, is then vibrated above the surface of the cloth but as close thereto as possible without touching, thereby distributing the glitter discs over the cloth evenly. The box may be vibrated mechanically or manually as it is moved over the surface of the cloth.

I then apply a light roller to the cloth covered with glitter discs. This rolls the discs out and any which have not fallen fiat are flattened out and spread out in a single layer. The discs are then afiixed to the cloth by putting them through a pressure roller resulting in an embedding of the discs with sufiicient permanence to permit washing or dry cleaning. I then remove any discs which may be loose, or lying on top of another disc by brushing the cloth with a brush vacuum mechanism, removing all loose discs and drawing them into the vacuum cleaner.

The resulting product is a glitter cloth which, if the fabric used was capable of being Washed or dry-cleaned, may be washed or dry-cleaned just as the original fabric could have been. It is also flexible and may be creased or wrinkled to a considerable extent, as in shirring or pleating.

The glitter cloth is suitable for garments, drapes, millinery, shoes, belts and bags, etc., although when used for shoes and belts it is sometimes desirable to put it on a backing for tensile strength.

The drawings show a fabric 1, to which is afiixed a layer of glitter discs 3, by means of adhesive 2, in the manner described above. The same reference numerals refer to the same parts in both figures.

What is claimed is:

1. A glitter cloth comprising a piece of fabric having a plurality of glitter discs aflixed directly thereto in a single layer many of said discs being in contact with one another.

2. A glitter cloth comprising a piece of fabric and a plurality of glitter discs affixed directly thereto in a single layer by means of adhesive, many of said discs being in contact with one another.

3. A glitter cloth comprising a piece of fabric, a layer of adhesive, and a single layer of glitter discs secured to said adhesive, many of said discs being in contact with one another, and aligned at approximately the same level.

4. A flexible glitter cloth capable of being washed and dry cleaned comprising a piece of fabric, a layer of adhesive, and a single layer of glitter discs embedded in said adhesive in closely contiguous relationship, each of said discs being embedded in said adhesive.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,802,547 Allen Apr. 28, 1931 1,817,311 Hedde Aug. 4, 1931 2,453,441 La Fair Nov. 9, 1948 OTHER REFERENCES Ser. No. 281,738, Moog et al. (A. P. 0.), published May 11, 1943. 

1. A GLITTER CLOTH COMPRISING A PIECE OF FABRIC HAVING A PLURALITY OF GLITTER DISCS AFFIXED DIRECTLY THERETO IN A SINGLE LAYER MANY OF SAID DISCS BEING IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. 